Senator Hankuyi’s House Was A Den OF Thugs – Kaduna Govt

The demolition of the factional head office of the Kaduna All Progressives Congress (APC) was done to “restore order across Kaduna,” the state government said in statement on Tuesday.

Recall that following the suspension of Governor Nasir El-Rufai by the factional APC in Kaduna state, the faction had opened an office away from the main APC headquarters in the state.

It was learnt that the building used as the factional secretariat of the party was owned by the Senator representing Kaduna North, Hunkuyi Suleiman.

In the early hours of today, the @GovKaduna Mallam @elrufai personally drove a bulldozer accompanied by armored tanks to destroy my house at 11B Sambo Road. This is a new low and fighting dirty with such low level of pettiness is indeed unprecedented in Kaduna State. pic.twitter.com/l7iR5QRINB

— Senator Hunkuyi (@HunkuyiSuleiman) February 20, 2018

Senator Suleiman had claimed in a tweet that the demolition exercise was allegedly led by Governor El-Rufai in the early hours of Tuesday.

“In the early hours of today, the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai personally drove a bulldozer accompanied by armoured tanks to destroy my house at 11B Sambo Road. This is a new low and fighting dirty with such low level of pettiness is indeed unprecedented in Kaduna State,” said the Senator.

But addressing the matter, the Director-General of the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), Ibrahim Husseini, said in a statement few hours ago that the agency pulled the building down because of “flagrant violations of land use act.”

The KADGIS said the building was a den of thugs who always block the road around the Sambo area.

The statement reads, “The Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KAPSUDA) is currently undertaking operations across Kaduna metropolis in compliance with its mandate. In partnership with sister agencies, KASUPDA is clearing illegal structures, tackling street hawking and restoring order across Kaduna,” he said.

“This morning a building on 11B Sambo close was removed for flagrant violations of land use and non-payment of ground rent since 2010. This illegal violation of use had begun to distress neighbours who were being forced to endure an influx of thugs and blockage of the road.

“The Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS) issued a revocation notice of statutory right of occupancy No. KD. 16712, that covers 11b Sambo Close in the Ungwan Rimi area. The appropriate notice of revocation was delivered at 28 Inuwa Wada Road, the registered address of the company that held the title to the property.

“The notice was also delivered to the building in question, and sent by post to the registered address of the previous title holder. The land has now been allocated to KASUPDA for the purpose of developing and maintaining a public park that will provide a green aland-relatedrene place for recreation in that residential neighbourhood.”

“KADGIS wishes to remind all title owners to be fastidious in complying with the terms of their allocation. The purpose of allocation of land cannot be wilfully altered; neither can title holders lawfully neglect to pay their ground rents,” he said.

“Since 2016, the government has been taking action on various land related matters, including revoking all undeveloped land titles in the state and directed that all abandoned buildings be developed within three months of the notice.

“The Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), as the government agency charged with ultimate responsibility on land matters in Kaduna state, calls for the utmost cooperation by the public with all our agencies.”